Song of my life

It happened finally!!

2009-04-12T18:37:00.001-07:00

Oh yes!! After dilly dallying for some time... And after a long struggle wherein I tried to move the blog to my personal hosting account ( free courtesy company :)) and failing due to limitations on the servers... and fiddling around with htacess and failing again.. and then finding a long way out only to stumble at the template level.. and then getting so busy that ( not updating the blogs even) I had to give up...

And then finally after 2 weeks of yes and no.. where I almost gave up moving the blogs to wordpress.. I have finally moved! Yes me too!! YAY!!

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Closet cleaning

2009-04-07T16:17:00.000-07:00

Few old letters, re- read

Few snaps re - looked

Memories renewed

Some tears shed.

Those pebbles of various colors,

collected from the

Golden sandy shores

Shaken, toyed with

A leaf with few words inscribed

"forget me not"

Ah a bundle of ribbon caught

A string with pasted hearts

Each holds a word

Ah each holds my world!

Every little detail revised and set aside

I realized

I have nothing to clean!

Written for : April PAD Challenge #7

Nickname

2009-04-07T14:24:00.000-07:00

Shall I call you the moon my dear?
But the moon has spots and it comes in the night
You are the flower of the day, dancing in the light!

Shall I call you the sun then ?
But the sun in the noon , scorches too much.
And you have such an soothing touch!

Let me call you the brightest flower
Nay, the softest shower!
But the flower withers and the rain dithers!
Can't call you that !

Shall I then use the choicest words to coin you a name
Munchkin, pumpkin, truffle, ruffles..
Ah so many to claim!
And yet none fit the bill

So here I am , searching for one still!

Written for : ReadWritePoem

Silence

2009-04-06T16:55:00.000-07:00

I search,

for the elusive

the uncompromising and

all encompassing truth in dead

silence;

Written for : April PAD Challenge #6 and Peofusion

Charmed - Cinquain

2009-04-06T14:20:00.000-07:00

Flying high
Looking below
A fluid panorama
Awaits my fearful heart and I gaze;
Charmed!

Written for : ReadWritePoem

An old man by the roadside

2009-04-05T16:39:00.000-07:00

By the roadside,

Where the hawker sells his wares

And the lazy roam without any care.

Especially on the dusty afternoons

Where the wild flowers bloom

With hasty abandon

Under the harsh sun,

Sits an old man, who abides,

For his son to come.

He would tell his story,

If you just listen.

With tears that glisten,

He would tell you of past glory

Would you listen ?

Prompted at : OSI

Lullaby

2009-04-05T16:12:00.000-07:00

Around midnight yesterday,

I strained my ears to hear,

Those mystic faded tunes

That you used to whisper once

In my ears.

Around midnight yesterday....

Sleep sneaked in slowly

And my weary eyes drooped

As your words reverberated

Like a lullaby

Prompted at : OSI

I am...

2009-04-05T15:20:00.000-07:00

I am the river that flows through your veins,
I am the air you breathe that keeps you alive.
I am the sun that shines in the sky,
I am the moon that shies behind the cloud
I am the tree, I am the shroud,
I run deep, I run shallow,
I am the food that you swallow!
I am the beginning, I am the end
I am the calm , I am the storm
I am the surge and it's swell
I am the planets and the stars as well.
I am pleasure, I am pain
I destroy, I mend,
I collect, I drain
I persevere, I dread
I am the color red.
I am the flood.
I am the blood.
I am just that. I am.
I exist.

Written for : ReadWritePoem

Friendship

2009-04-04T15:14:00.000-07:00

For all the days to come

Remember this!

If ever it happens that you

Encounter that you are all alone and

Need someone, for any damn thing

Don't hesistate to holler

So that I can come

Help you through the toughest phase

Incase, that is not possible I shall

Pray for your well being.

Prompted at : Acrostic only

Sweety

2009-04-04T12:26:00.000-07:00

You look upto me with innocent eyes,

And I engulf you in a tight hug

Until I see the spoilt rug!

Just then you know to swiftly run

Ah you know! Its no time for fun!

And yet when I don't see you for long

A thud in my heart simply cries out!

Filled with fear and many a doubt

Oh my baby my darling sweety!

Where are you? Won't you come along?

And on the cue you appear from nowhere

As if you were waiting for my voice

Calling for you with loving care

Contrite you look, wagging your tail

And I can't stay angry, my resolves simply fail :-)

Written for : April PAD Challenge #4

A sijo

2009-04-04T10:10:00.000-07:00

Like the paint, peeling off the unopened, long forgotten door

Strained, my nerve endings are aquiver and my fragile heart quite sore,

Waiting for the one who dwelled there for long and doesn't want to any more!

Written for ReadWritePoem

The problem with waking up...

2009-04-03T15:29:00.000-07:00

Every night you visit me,

Beneath the moonlit sky

Under the canopy of stars

We watch the world gently pass by

In the forest of my dreams,

We dance with the leaves

To the rhythm of the dancing stream

With my hand on your sleeve

We swim in the valley of happiness

Drenched in contentment- feeling blessed!

In the garden of wishes

We exchange few kisses

Reveling in your proximity

I grow into an unmatched beauty

Your eyes caressing me with such avidity

And your touch turning me into a restless sea

And then to wake up to dismal reality

Of dealing with your frigid formality

And knowing for sure that it is true

Of my feelings you have no clue!

Written for : April PAD Challenge #3

I met three tears yesterday

2009-04-03T15:18:00.000-07:00

I met three tears today,

To hold them at bay

I struggled so much;

Yet they sneaked through anyway

One

Trickled down

her cheek so pale

Lost,

In the welcoming folds

Of my careworn saree

The next

found its way

To her quivering lip

A dew,

On a tender flower-tip,

I gently kissed it away

And the third,

didn't dare leave

The safety of her doe-eyed lids

Glistening,

Like a diamond in the light.

I clutched her to me really tight!

Ah I met three tears today

A rain, a dew and a diamond

They did what words couldn't do.

Bound us in an unwavering bond....

Written for ReadWritePoem

Together yet apart

2009-04-02T17:26:00.000-07:00

Opposite attract they said..

And so it seemed,

On that very first day!

Us. Attracted. Opposite.

Like chalk and cheese;

Fire and ice.

Alas! they forgot to quote,

Chalk and cheese cannot be eaten together

And when fire meets ice

What remains is,

An inexplicable, mind numbing void.

And a web of lies

As shaky and as convoluted as our ties.

Wasn't it better that we never met ?

Like the two (river)banks,

That flowed together yet stayed apart

Prompted at : Poefusion

Memorable moments

2009-04-02T17:14:00.000-07:00

A box full of joys

A sprinkle of tears

Mixed with love

Peppered with mischief

Sweetened with friendship

Then served in small portions.

Submitted at : Poetry stretch

Guilty Conscience - The big boss :P :P

2009-04-02T16:17:00.000-07:00

I am the keyhole.

Discern your innermost secrets

Peek through your defences.

Delve into the unexplored recesses

Surreptitiously...

I am the walls that run through your house

Hear every word spoken

Observe your every move

Nothing escapes me.

I spy.

I am your shadow,

Creep through the things

Fly without the wings

Like the nebulous mist

I sneak.

I am your conscience!

Lurk below your carpets

hide behind the drapes

Buried in the closet,

I prick.

Written for ReadWritePoem and April PAD Challenge #2

Muse- thy have many forms.

2009-04-01T19:41:00.000-07:00

A poet's pen, a painter's brush,

A deepened blush, An heady rush!

Muse- thy have many forms

An heady rush, a deepend blush

A poet's pen, a painter's brush!

Written for NAISAIKU Week VII

Solitaire

2009-04-01T16:58:00.000-07:00

A solitaire diamond, thats what I am.

Glittering through life,

Me, no one can ignore.

When I talk, when I smile

Many a heart beat stop awhile.

A solitaire diamond, thats what I am.

Solitaire. Solitary. Alone.

When required,

I can rip apart your bones.

Hard as nails. Cold as stone.

A solitaire diamond, thats what I am.

Ornamental at his arms,

Dancing at a snap of his fingers

I seduce with many charms.

Behind me envy lingers,

A collector's item I am.

A solitaire diamond thats what I am.

Prompted at TOP and ReadWritePoems

Pain is addictive

2009-03-30T15:29:00.000-07:00

"Pain me more".

Abrasive skin cried out
Inked in black and blue,
Nearly lost
In soporific daze and yet,
Sadistic pleasures eludes me

As the flails whipped the
Decadent, deplorable skin
Devilishly distorted in love
Incited by an uncontrollably illicit
Carnal desire,

Tamed by my master
I,imbruted by his touch;
Violently attain
Exilir of life!

Prompted at : Acrostic only

P.S: I hope no one is offended by this poem. When I saw the prompt as pain is addictive.. this was the first thought that jumped into my mind. pleasure through pain.. and I had to try and write about it.

Malaise

2009-03-27T15:18:00.000-07:00

Erudite Echoes Faintly

Fugacious farces sagaciously;

Sanity sails through

Tactile tablature

Rabid ramnifications galvanize

Ghostly Galanty macabre

Malaise mullishly haunts,

Halcyon hours .

Prompted at : Inspire me thursday!

P.S: Trying something new here.. Mostly this might not make much sense. but there is an underlying meaning.. Can you guess ?

Misty Dawn

2009-03-26T17:06:00.000-07:00

Like yesterday's memories, you linger;

Gently encompass me in your arms.
Misty dawn, you comfort my ravaged heart!

Prpmpted at : Picture Poetry & Prose

A road - triolet

2009-03-26T17:03:00.000-07:00

A road without an end

Beckons me to an exciting adventure

It starts down that bend

A road without an end.

With no business to attend

Indeed is a profitable venture

A road without an end

Beckons me to an exciting adventure

Prompted at : Monday poetry stretch and Meme Express

P.S: This is called a triolet with rhyme scheme ABaAabAB. Its a silly rhyme i know! I just wanted to give it a try !

Nostalgia

2009-03-26T14:00:00.000-07:00

Never did I think, a day would come when,

Olive greens would turn a pale shade of brown.

Stories hidden in the folded wrinkles would

Turn into faded memories, blanked out at edges.

And it would require closet cleaning to be reminded of

Great times spent laughing together!

Invigorated poses held rigid,

And with a flash, captured in a photograph.

Written for : Acrostic only

Anarchy

2009-03-26T11:35:00.000-07:00

Layers of reactive reactions, Rumble through the jumbled consciousness

Anarchy prevails, Confusion reigns!

Ernest efforts fail to jostle required responses

Confusion reigns while anarchy prevails.

Rumble through the jumbled consiousness and layers of reactive reactions.

Written for : 3WW and Naisaiku week VI

Mistake?

2009-03-21T06:09:00.000-07:00

Traversed through the nights

To find days that were lost

And yet to be found is a mistake!

Courage

2009-03-18T03:32:00.000-07:00

Cohorting with the undefinable confusion

Outfoxed by the the obvious

Ubiquitous me

Rapine through the inimical ideas.

Auguries of innocence

Grapple with fear...

Elusive courage emerge from esoteric thoughts!

Prompted at : Acrostic only

Wet

2009-03-09T06:18:00.000-07:00

You start at the very top!
Ah more the torture...

Deliciously so

Dithered a bit ...waiting

then slithered down the curve gently

I, quivered

Knowingly you slacken your pace
prolonging it

savoring it.....

tracing all my curves
with such a gentle touch
Leaving a sensation behind,

A presence........

Me, arched in pleasure
And you, in response
trickled languorously

into the welcoming arms of the bath carpet

Coffee stain

2009-03-07T06:19:00.000-08:00

A circle half formed,

liquid bronze,

glittering in orange light

In time turns into a faded brown

Like a jaded memory,

The scent of our last coffee lingers

Ponder

2009-03-06T20:02:00.000-08:00

Like the dust that rises up the sky,

And the whirlwind that traverse through the land,

In circles, you rise.

In circles you settle down.

Oh thoughts,

Why this vacillation ?

Reach out to the wide blue expanse,

yes! It is there for you to amble,

And yet, like the bamboo shoots,

Tarry a bit,

till you flower effusively,

Thoughts, germinate awhile!

Let me ponder...

Prompted at : OSI and Inspire me Thursday

Conversation

2009-03-06T19:42:00.000-08:00

Confound me with words that are

Obvious and yet peppered with

Nuances that make me

Vacillate between

Enraged esoteric questions and

Rapturous overtures!

Satiate my soul

Accelerate my heart beats

Titillate my mind

In the space of a moment, you

Obfuscate me, delight me, irritate me with

Nubilous confabulation

Prompted at : Acrostic only

NAISAIKU WEEK III

2009-03-04T13:19:00.000-08:00

To avenge life, I died a thousand times
Sanguine lies trembled, As genuine facts emblazoned the sky
I, Rambled about in oblivion
Genuine smile trembled, As sanguine lies blazed high
To avenge death, I lived a thousand lives.

Prompted at NAISAIKU III WEEK and 3WW

Lets get lost together...

2009-02-27T22:59:00.001-08:00

To the unknown shores,

Lets walk together,

Down this winding road,

As far as it takes..Lets keep moving..

No, you shall not be alone,

For I shall hold you hands

And sun, the moon and stars,

Shall be with us till the distant lands...

Lets forget all the worries,

And get lost together

With the passing wind

Lets fly in open skies

The birds will dance with us,

So will the autumn leaves.

Like a driftwood lets float

Down the river bend..

Oh to the unknown shores,

Lets sail away to glory

With the naughty gushing waves,

Oh please lets not behave.

Just this once lets be foolish

And forget our way..

Through these meandering roads

Lets get lost together....

And may be then we will reach,

To that distant land.

Where sun and moon shine together

And never stay apart

With the glittering stars and

floating sands,

Into the inroads of our hearts atleast

lets get lost together

Prompted at : Sunday Scribblings

On the other side of the moon

2009-02-27T20:14:00.000-08:00

On the other side of the moon,

Breathes a naked world,

Of darkness and mystery

Of pain and misery,

And of pulsating rage unfurled

A tempest of supressed carnage

A shroud of secrecy it cloaks

With pent up desires, it chokes

Of whispers and nudges

Of malicious, unrepentant grudges

And of deafening sounds of silence

A world on the other side of the moon

Hidden behind the shadows

Scarier than the gallows

Of shifting and shivering sands

Lingers a quivering land

Ah a land of veritable doom

On the other side of the moon

Prompted at : Inspire me thursday and TOP

A song

2009-02-27T19:36:00.000-08:00

Of hope and dreams,

A song I sing,

The sweetest song of all

Of tenderest care,

And simplest joys

Of mighty people and small

A softest web,

of silken thread

A verse of delicate form

Of warmest hearts,

And noblest spirit,

And of kindness above all

I sing a song,

Of the glorious days

And the magnificent nightfalls

A song I sing,

The sweetest song.

It would be oft recalled

Prompted at : TOP

3WW-Naisaiku

2009-02-27T19:15:00.001-08:00

Persistent dreams interfere with callous reality.

Tumultous thoughts embroil in the inroads of my mind

Life, a will o' wisp!

The inroads of my mind embroil in tumultous thoughts.

Callous reality interfere with persistent dreams.

Guilt.

2009-02-27T19:12:00.001-08:00

Prompted at : 3WW

The words were : Callous Persistent Interfere

Naisaiku Challenge- Week II

2009-02-24T15:22:00.000-08:00

Absolve me of aberrant afflictions
Insanity reigns with impervious ignominy
My Lucid Sanity Lives
With impervious ignominy,Insanity reigns
Of aberrant afflictions, absolve me!

Prompted at : Naisaiku Challenge

Shadow dancing

2009-02-24T14:23:00.000-08:00

Slowly she glided below titillatingly,
Half empty poses, vaguely flitted through
And with bated breath I looked;
Dazzled by her sinewy movements,
Onerous looks subdued into a smile.
Whence did she come from?

Dormant desires rose lustily;
And unbeknownst hands curved;
New songs reverberated as feet tapped in tandem
Carried with the rhythm, I danced.

It had happened finally. Shadows dancing through the valiant
Night, inspired me to
Gleefully envelope the darkness and step into light.

Prompted at : Acrostic Poetry only

Acrostic only!

2009-02-24T13:50:00.000-08:00

A thought
Carved through my words
Reared with emotions
Overlapped with dreams
Slowly evolves as a verse
This verse then,
Is gently refined and
Coarse ideas, fit into a rhythm

Obdurate thoughts are then obfuscated into
Nuances; Which are
Left to be interpreted by
You, my readers!

Twilight Dreams

2009-02-24T12:56:00.000-08:00

Shadows dancing on the walls;
Like curtains, with the passing breeze;
Memories, flickering with the lamps,
That adorn the distant hills
And suspended, with bated breath
Awaits,
The instant when,
The day meets the night..

And at that instant,
A leaf from the past, revisits;
Brings along few whispers in the dark
Few moments from the park,
left behind.
A moment when lips parted,
To meet again.
And the moment when,
eyes met with shy candor in bitter sweet evasion!
Ah the heady romance!

It brings back the sunshine of youth
In the twilight of my life...

Prompted at : One single impression

Men Goof, If Sly! - Sijo

2009-02-20T07:50:00.000-08:00

To the symphony of rain and thunder, he struts.
Entranced she looks on;
With disdain he spreads the plume.
She, mesmerized by his beauty and variegated colors, is seduced.
And yet,when eyes meet, disinterest shines;
She knows, Men goof , if (she remain) sly!

Prompted at : Tuesday title and Poetry stretch

This prompt is special for two reasons. Firstly, coz I have used an anagram of my blog title ( song of my life <==> Men Goof, if sly!)

And also coz I have used one of the korean style Sijo. I am not sure if I have given it a good try. but here is my first attempt!

It either consist of 3 lines lof 14-16 syllable. The first line introduces a theme. Second one elaborates on it and the third one has a twist in the tale :)

Few examples here..

The spring breeze melted snow on the hills then quickly disappeared.
I wish I could borrow it briefly to blow over my hair
And melt away the aging frost forming now about my ears.

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Oh that I might capture the essence of this deep midwinter night
And fold it softly into the waft of a spring-moon quilt
Then fondly uncoil it the night my beloved returns.

So tender! I am gonna try more. I know this one is not upto the par.. but it is a start!

2009-02-20T06:31:00.000-08:00

P.S: One of my friend on orkut write a poem using all the titles I have ever written on.. I couldn't help but post it here :)

In the Loneliness of winter, Echoes of silence around,
The Voices in My head, took me for a stroll with the past.
In the summer winds, did meet a Anonymous musician,
Chanced to read her blog song, penned in Love for the mighty sun.

A new dawn n unseen dreams, wanting to break free,
It wasn’t yet another ordinary day, a new day had come.
It had rained today, the after glow and the hues, called to kiss the clouds.
Along the afternoon sea, and the waves, I walked alone.

Time and Tide thou wait for none…
The change did bring the stormy weather,
And waters had weathered the summer’s charm.
My abode was an island of sorrow, Life…. Lost.

A vertigo heart and a Lonely tear in the contrived words,
Chained by my shadow I could feel a woman in me…
Yet again the anonymous Musician, now a Black Knight,
Yet again a poem, a fresh collage of dreams and hope.

Season is a master in disguise…it’s yet again a lonely night.
Winter! A flower had withered somewhere, Suicide….
Down by the river bend, a leaf had Dropped and died today,
Through the Lady in the green, am sending a postcard to the heaven,

Oh Fog! My Plea to you on this early winter morning,
If only I could go out, In search of an answer,
and the Lady lost in the rainy night, where are you?
It will rain today! Time for a Haiku at the least…

Come with a Candle thou on this windy and chill Evening,
To Keep you warm as thin Crest Pizzas at the Boca Grande awai

Dandelion

2009-02-20T01:33:00.000-08:00

Dazed with confusion, I,
Addle you with questions
Nettled by your intense stare, I
Desist from
Encroaching your space.
Love however, binds us with
Invisible cords. you,
Overlook my transgressions and
Naively greet me with a smile

Prompted at : Acrostic only

Candid conversation

2009-02-19T06:37:00.000-08:00

You sift through my vague impulses
Thoughts that don't form completely.

Like a sieve,
You filter them with words.
Amaze me with them.

Candidly see through.
Me, I have no pretenses.

Just a veil.
Cobwebs of buried ideas
Left to gather dust.

Is it a risk?
This open conversation that we seem to have

Honest answers.
Piercing insight
Candid confessions.

Impulsive words,
Innocuous? Not likely.
Hidden motives,
Real Illusions.
Illusive reality.

Life......
An uncalculated.. unreserved moment.
Alive. This moment. Us.

Is It Worth The Trouble?

2009-02-18T05:26:00.000-08:00

Candid confessions!
A miscalculated risk-
My impulsive honesty
Is It Worth The Trouble?
My impulsive honesty
A miscalculated risk-
Candid confessions!

Prompted at: 3WW

Not really satisfied by this.. may be will re touch it later :)

A beautiful beautiful thing!

2009-02-18T01:27:00.000-08:00

In your eyes, I see me
Gloriously alive, Amazingly alluring
This love, rose-tinted mess
A Beautiful, Beautiful Thing!
Rose- tinted mess, this love!
Amazingly alluring, Gloriously alive..
I see me in your eyes..

Prompted at : Naisaiku

Moon

2009-02-15T15:49:00.000-08:00

Like chakor I search you
In dead of the night; After long
The specter visits

Prompted at: One single impression
P.S: Chakor is a bird that is supposed to track the moon all night :)

Dreams-What we would do without them?

2009-02-15T15:08:00.000-08:00

I once dreamt of all possible things.
The probable and the improbable
With open eyes, I once dreamt
Dreams-What Would We Do Without Them ?
I once dreamt, with open eyes.
The improbable and the probable
Of all possible things. I once dreamt!

This is my try on " Naisaiku "

song of the bleeding heart

2009-02-15T14:46:00.000-08:00

A ruby red throne,
Encrusted in ice,
For centuries seemingly
Lay hidden.
Deep deep in the heart of the sea
Glittered through the night,
Glowed in the light
A ruby red throne!

A Precious little gift.
Scorned with indifference,
The ice thawed
And the throne melted.
And left behind,
A chimera of liquid crimson skies
A lost saga that the waves sing
If you listen carefully,
When the sun meets the earth,
You can still hear,
The song of the bleeding heart

Prompted at : Monday mural

Valentine's Day

2009-02-15T12:47:00.000-08:00

Vague yearnings
Arrive at my doorstep
Love seems to knock my door
Elfish dreams and
Nascent feelings raise their heads
Time to rejoice again
In the wide open sky of my heart
New beginnings
Evoke

'
Spring in my winter

Dawn cloaked in the golden glow
Awaits me
Yet again. Its no longer dark!

Prompted at : Acrostic poems

Rain drops

2009-02-15T11:34:00.000-08:00

Raging emotions
Accost my senses
Inundated me;
Numbly awaits rain...

Drench me to my very soul
Regrets choke my mind
Overwrought! I need respite
Purge me of this pain
Show me the way, oh drops!

prompted at : Acrostic only

P.S: I have tried something new here. do notice that I have used the word at the end of the stanza :)

Rabble rousers

2009-02-11T15:29:00.000-08:00

Oh rabble rousers,
Arouse my soul
From this unbidden sleep.
Long forgotten consciousness
Needs a rude awakening
It seems lost
Since eternity.

Oh rabble rousers,
Break the walls,
The unwanted fences,
Cemented with fear
Rearrange my torrid emotions!
It lies in disarray,
Since eternity.

Oh rabble rousers,
While you are at it,
Can you please,
Find my voice
Make it heard above the noise.
Validate my existence
It lies in wait
Since eternity.

Prompted at 3WW

Alive

2009-02-08T22:17:00.000-08:00

A heave of breath,
Slowly rising and falling,
A mind numbing, blood curdling,
Breast thumping cry....

This night will never end,

Like squirrel we scamper,
Trying to find cover. We fail. As always!

Our bodies,
A live canvas,
Red. Blue.
Enmeshed with
Streaks of brown and black.

Visually alive.
Spiritually dead.

Chronicles of a my life
A facsimile of yours

Prompted at : Poefusion Friday 5

Unfinished

2009-02-08T16:05:00.000-08:00

A leaf rustled somewhere,
The spell broken,
Lovers parted;
The kiss left,
Unfinished!

Not to go

2009-02-08T13:42:00.000-08:00

The branches of the trees,
Wrap themselves around you,
Begging, not to go

The song birds,
sing in tandem,
Imploring, not to go

The passing wind,
Whisper into your ears,
pleading, not to go

The clouds in vain,
Rains,
Urging, not to go

Ah the sky,
bends over
Willing you to stop to not go!

The wafting fragrance,
The drooping flowers,
The setting sun
And the rising moon

They all express
What my silent heart couldnt
Why don't you heed to the plea in my eyes?
The unexpressed need in my sighs..

Screaming.. not to go...

Prompted at : totally optional prompts

P.S: I tried to combine two of the prompts.. for repetition and Aubade ( Aubade is a poem that asks someone to stay to not go away..)

P.P.S: I have kept it as simple as possible. I guess something as poignant as this needs no metaphor.. no symbols :)

Wind? Love?

2009-02-08T00:00:00.000-08:00

Two flowers sneak closer,
Slowly they touch,
A moment together,
Lifetime apart
Wind the hero,and the villain

Prompted at : One single impression

P.S: I dunno what to title this.. do suggest :D

Desire...

2009-02-04T12:21:00.000-08:00

Crumpled sheets portray
Failed nerves; they conceal-
my illicit desire

Prompted at : 3WW

And also submitted at : Monday poetic train

The Blogsphere

2009-02-04T11:37:00.001-08:00

I got to thank pratsie.. for posting the acrostic poem.. which inspired me to try it :) Offlate I have been feeling very uninspired.. hopefully my muse shall come back to me...

Ah here is my first acrostic poem.. as a prompt from Acrostic Poetry only

They
Hold my
Emotions

Bundled
Lopsidedly
Overfilled with
Gestating
Spontaneous
Profusions
Hitherto they were
Ebullient
Reflections. And now,
Encaptured for eternity!

200

2009-02-04T06:41:00.000-08:00

Ah what else can I say.. finally I have reached 200 posts on this blog.. Its little hard to digest that 6 months before I celebrated 125 posts.. its an understatement to say that past 6 months have been the most productive! yes they have been :)

I am also humbled that this blog has 15 followers. Thank you so much guys!

Since past 2-3 months due to internet troubles.. shifting houses and loss of blog roll has made it impossible for me to visit many of you.. and yet you guys have been there for me.. commenting and encouraging me..

Thank you so!

It would have been apt that I write a poem celebrating this milestone.. and yet.. my muse seem to have decided to go on a vacation.. I guess she is a lot overworked offlate and deserves it.. lets just hope that she comes back...

In the meantime a meager offering....

Few words fused together
In an unknown meter,
Few thoughts sung,
In a wayward tune
Ah the song of my life
Of joys, love and strife

Despair not!

2009-02-03T06:48:00.000-08:00

I have been really really very very uninspired lately.. as you can see from the quality of poems I have posted earlier.. and hence I have taken a leave from posting.. however.. just yesterday when I was going through Karthik's blog.. I saw this simple verse that i wrote in response to his poem..

Am pasting the poem here ..

Despair not ,
Oh child of god,
For darkness belies
the face of lord

If shadows cast
Darker than the night
How can you suspect
The presence of light ?

Trudge along steadfast
This too shall pass
For a magical dawn
Awaits your victory horn

P.P.S: *sigh*

Untitled

2009-02-03T06:47:00.000-08:00

Shifting shadows in the twilight
Dance in tandem,
Resonating with the thoughts
That twirl in my mind

A swirl of excitement
Suppressed
Few whispered memories
Expressed
With a curl of the lips

Ah that secretive smile!

Lingering sunlight,
reminds,
Of golden promises of the dawn
Unknown yearnings beckon

Entrapping
my conscious being
Entrancing silently
Dreams sneak in

Finicky!

A regret

2009-01-24T06:53:00.000-08:00

A regret I have,
Held it secretly, all this while
I wish I had
Something to remember you through,
A picture, some words
Is it too much to ask ?

A whisper,
deep in my heart,
I would never need anything,
To remind me of you
For you pervade,
my very being!

And yet,
I so wish,
You felt the same too!

Untitled

2009-01-24T01:31:00.000-08:00

The cadence of your eyes,
Gently reminds me,
Of my earlier resolve,

Lost in the sensation
Allured by the sugary delight
I crumble...

And when your brows curve,
Humbly I let go,
With a sheepish smile

Then the curve of your lips,
Bright with mischief
Gobble it up!

Prompted at : 3WW

I now have a dream

2009-01-19T20:02:00.000-08:00

For all those vacant empty stares,
And the vague games that I played
With the spider crawling through the wall,
While I traversed through the darkened thoughts

I now have a dream....

A belief that the stars can be reached
This wall of inhibitions and defenses
Can slowly be breached

I know things are not easy as they seem

And yet, dreams can be made true,
If I only see it through
For life is worthwhile, only if you try !

I now have everything that I'll ever need...

Prompted at : Meme Express

Winter of my muse

2009-01-19T06:27:00.000-08:00

The colorless colors of my words,
Mocks,
At the listless verses that I spew,

Is there anything that I want to say ?
Changing and rearranging
Rehashing! Same emotions....
They seem lost

Is it me?
Living behind the countless defenses,
Fences, that I created,
Choked,
Lost the ability to really see?

The vivid colors that once danced
Waiting to be noticed
Seems to have faded,
Like autumn leaves

Is it any wonder, that winter is here ?

Untitled

2009-01-15T16:49:00.000-08:00

Entwined arms part
For tryst with the unknown, wind beckons
Dreams forfeit, love lost

Prompted at : 3WW

I wish I had

2009-01-11T15:47:00.000-08:00

How I wish to capture,
The swish of the curl,
of that impertinent smile
And the twinkle of that eye
Filled with mischief...

I wish I had,
When you were near, yet here

How I wish I could,
hold your warmth within me
Melt in your wordless sea,
And may be,
Breathe in your scent,
And never let go,

I wish I had,
When you were near, yet here

I would be satisfied,
If I could live with the chimera
I would find light,
In the darkest of the umbra
And yet, this is denied to me
For you have left ,
Out of the realms of my five senses

And yet you remain,
In my heart, forever lodged
Your touch inscribed, on my body
And your picture, in my eyes!
And your voice...
a music that echoes through my consciousness
And you color my dreams,
As you once colored,
my every waking moment

And I am drenched to my very core,
In the very essence of you

Deception

2009-01-11T15:21:00.000-08:00

In life's myriad schemes-
Like chameleons in panic,
Deceptions we create!

Prompted at : 3WW

Untitled

2009-01-11T14:50:00.000-08:00

Unseen hesitation warred,
With faint glimmer of passion..
Fortune miswrites..
And I am left with,
A land of barreness,
Where once crimson streaked
The inner lanes of my heart
I am now,
left with Viduity,

I welcome adversity,
Like a canopy,
Let it cacoon me,
Like a salve for the wound
And now,
this piece of orange,
This saree,
Arouses the feelings,
And I see,
dreams I never let myself see

I wish, It was me,
Who wiped the sweat, from your head
After a long tiring day
I wish, It was me,
That you wed.
And it was you, that marked my gateway,
To bliss, to love

And while you repose,
I wish, I could gently sneak into your arms
And our love be the only ambrose,
that we would seek
And as you find my various charms,
Oh so slowly,
I wish, I could color your dreams too

Furtively, I touch,
The small box that holds,
Everything denied to me,
A streak of red,
Ah! why oh why fortune played this game?
I know it never will be same,
I chance upon her

She who is your wife,
And that cherubic face,
Of your child
And I curtail my wild thoughts...
For it was never to be..
I know this saree will never be worn,
Like that life, that will never be born
Which once we dreamt about, together...

P.S: in response to the prompt at poefusion and 3WW

I know I am super late! Sorry for that :) When I checked the prompts initially this poem struck me.. though the theme I thought about is totally inspired by a scene in a tamil movie whose name I don't even remember but I would love to give the back ground....

This scene is pictured as a song.. and i dont remember the song even.. I have not tried to translate it or anything.. just my impression..

The heroine is a widow and in dire straits.. hero, who is now married to someone else finds her and shelters her in his house. The wife knows about their past and is sympathetic. Heroine isnt much educated as is norm in the village.. however they r childhood sweethearts.. before the hero could his education( he was away).. the situation at the girls family changes and under duress she marries someone else.. And eventually he does to..

So in this situation, she is living in his house as a nanny to take care of his kids. Its diwali and he( his wife infact) gives her gift of clothes... which is also a norm out here.. Well so she dreams what it would be to marry him.. when she chances upon his family picture which brings her back with a bang...

Unwritten

2008-12-29T06:20:00.000-08:00

Liquid skies capricious - titillatingly crimson
Blushing clouds enthralled- at the horizon
When a poem was not written...........

A couple nudged closer somewhere
Enkindled passion rage without any care
Two silhouettes entwined- smitten

Lost in memories unbeknownst
Tethered at the edge , tears glistened
The poem remained unwritten....

P.S: This type of poetry is called nove otto.. came across it at Poefusion . Such poems are of 9 lines with the rhyme scheme as aacbbcddc with each line of 8 syllables :)

I believe now...

2008-12-29T03:38:00.000-08:00

whispers
of immense faith
Performing miracles
Ignited the first flames of piety
In me

Prompted at : 3WW , Sunday Scribblings and Totally Optional Prompts

I know I have been away from this blog for a long time now and I havent written anything for the prompts too.. This is my way of trying to fit more than one prompts together.. the 3 worded prompts for 3WW are in bold and italics and this is my attempt of Cinquain .. You can read my earlier attempt here

Vanilla Sky

2008-12-16T06:00:00.000-08:00

In my own vanilla sky,
I search
Few shades of you

Between the lines,
Lost,
A hidden meaning

I try to decipher
Us
In this convoluted poem

Jealous green
mingle with neglected dreams
In the nebulous clouds

I hesitate
Through the star studded night
To find you

Prompted at : ABC Wednesday and 3WW

Yet again!

2008-12-14T05:35:00.000-08:00

A shiver went down my spine,
Cold it was, as stone
and yet,
It raged,
like a fire
fiery and insistent
I knew instantly,
Fate has played a game,
yet again,
I knew,
Things will never be same..
And then,
Illusions were re-made,
Yet again!

Prompted at : Sunday Scribblings

ABC Wednesday.. U for umberella

2008-12-10T08:11:00.000-08:00

Ah pretty floral thing!
Dancing merrily in the rain
Jerking the droplets,
With healthy disdain,

Oh the queen of monsoon,
prancing in delight,
Save me from the water
And excess light

Ah too simple na.. very impromptu :)

Prompted at : ABC Wednesday

Untitled - For 3WW

2008-12-10T07:33:00.000-08:00

Vague accusations,
sprung through your eyes,
Glistening in the sun
Shattered illusions
tethered at the edge
Rebelled
Enemy or a friend?
hard to define

Prompted at : 3 Words Wednesday

P.S: The prompted words are in bold :)

As the flesh plumed

2008-12-03T06:08:00.000-08:00

As the flesh plumed,
A pinkish tender,
The day blushed
Into crimson red
The eyes looked yonder

Lost in the resonant silence,
Ears didn't heed,
As hungry voices echoed
Like those forgotten church bells
Wind blew deep in the night

Silence stretched taut,
Words waiting to come out,
Discarded, like those pages,
Lying in the attic
Lips were sealed tight

Darkened days waited,
In corridors of time,
Where history reckons
Waited all this while....
Awaits till,
The elusive humanity dawns

Prompted at : Poefusion Tuesday Title

T for Tomorrow for abc wednesday....

2008-12-03T04:37:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow,
I shall let the windows open,
And the breeze,would sweep away
These cobwebs from the past
But just not yet..

Tomorrow,
I shall wear the over-bright smile,
And cast away these tears,
Fill them with hope
But just not yet....

Tomorrow,
I shall face the sun,
Without any complaints,
These shadows wouldn't last
But just not yet...

Tomorrow,
Dreams with be forged again,
With polychromatic hues,
blues forgotten
But just not yet...

Tomorrow,
Will come soon enough,
And this night of despair,
will be lost into oblivion
But just not yet...

Prompted at : ABC Wednesday

I never noticed

2008-11-30T07:40:00.000-08:00

For long you stayed there,
Right in the corner.
I had been amiss,
I never noticed.

You held my burden,
And at times carried me
Unwaveringly
I never noticed

Through winters and rain,
Through happy times ,and pain.
You were, by my side
I never noticed.

And now you are no longer able,
To be right there,
To carry my burden,
With broken legs, oh table!
I certainly notice that!

Prompted at : Inspire me thursday

Dancing in glee

2008-11-30T01:37:00.000-08:00

Brown girl,
Dances in glee
Dances all night.. all day
Dances by the bay..
Brown girl dances in glee

Wouldn't you stop,
For a while and just see ?
Shes been wanting,
For someone to just be
Brown girl, dancing in glee

Nay do not look at her torn shoes,
Nor at the worn out laces
Oh random faces,
look at her over bright smiles
Do not, look into her eyes
Lest, you see a tear
The oft hidden,
gut wrenching fear
Ah do not stop and leer
She is not a beauty
Do not look at the holes
In her skirt,
Do notice how it unfurls,
Like an umbrella that she never had

Sir? Will you stop ?
Madam please,
Won't you ease?
Linger awhile
Look at her jive
All the doors are closed shut
She has no money but..
She will dance all night
Will you open the window?
And show her some light ?
Will you spare? A penny two dimes?
I am sure you wont miss it
Cant you do your bit ?
The rain doesn't seem to wait
For her lively gait
Do open your window

Can you feel the wind blow?
feel the tingle down your spine
Do open your window and see
See her legs intertwine
This girl dancing in glee....

Note: This poem is loosely based on the prompt at : POEFUSION . Mostly, it seems inspired from "Another Day in Paradise" A lovely song I am sure most of you have heard it!

Blues

2008-11-26T07:42:00.000-08:00

Blues beckon me yet again,

Marking me in many shades

Then why does it seem so gray ?

Colors that were so vividly alive

Smile.. A haiku

2008-11-13T03:34:00.000-08:00

A blushing smile touched

the crimson lips- it quivered

Ah such tenderness!

prompted at : Three word wednesday!

The prompted words are in bold :)

2008-11-11T06:16:00.000-08:00

A blinking dot,
Traverse,
through the white nothingness

A nudge here,
A drop there
A life breathes

Ode To Boredom

2008-11-10T06:06:00.000-08:00

Ahem feel free to be bored .. This poem is meant to bore you.. Its written by me and manish on the GTalk ... Feel free to skip this one.. for it was born out of boredom

Oh boredom, my faithful lover
You never leave me alone
I wish you were a mobile phone,
And I kept you in silent mode

but then u come back to me vibrating and calling

And I return to mindless brawling

I wish I could leave you in oblivion,
Where nothingness reigns..
Darn you dethroned the king,
and left him with a sling

Now you enslave me,
won't let me discover distant lands

u want to be with me always,
u never understand

With you now my every moment spent,
seems like an uneventful event

Lifeless life and strifeless strife!
I can kill you with a knife

oh boredom I always curse you
May you never get your due
For every piece of art is born out of boredom..
And yet you never get the status of martyrdom

but i know it's you and only you
that would be with me till my death

and I'll leave the life behind

but will take you with me to eternity

So I embrace you finally..
with all my heart..
save me from pointless hurts and distasteful words!

One again.. this was meant to bore :)

Nobody

2008-11-10T04:15:00.000-08:00

Life,
A mime,
Where audience dance,
To puppeteers tune.

While the puppeteer remains,
Forever performing,
For the actors.

I wonder oft,
Who exactly is performing
And who is the audience ?

Long before I could even realize,
I was cast ,
In myriad roles

I am now one with them.
I am now,
A living dead,
A Nobody.

Prompted at :

One Single Impression

Hidden ember

2008-11-10T01:40:00.000-08:00

From the ashes of time,
Glints in amber,
hesitant

Some intangible ties,
While the wind blows,
hold close.

To embrace the disenchanted sky
in honeyed glow
Awaits

Hidden ember,
Through the never-ending night
Glimmers

If only!

2008-11-04T05:09:00.001-08:00

If wishes were horses,
How magnificent they would be,
Unbroken in spirit,
Gliding through unbridled
Running wild with the wind
Deep into the night,
Whiter than the moon
Riding under the starlight
If only!

If dreams could fly,
Every time we sleep,
One would never want to wake up
And face the early morn
Trying to catch the shooting stars
Dancing with the starlight
While we rest, under cover
Warm besides the blazing fire
If only!

Night - A haiku

2008-11-04T05:08:00.000-08:00

Curdled clouds ensconce,
Blushing moon in ebon veil;
Night- Passion's prelude!

Songs

2008-11-03T05:22:00.000-08:00

A tune twirls, (3)
Deep within, lie ensconced;(6)
Few words traipse through the shadowed corners(9)
Awaiting your sweet symphony, awaiting you!(12)
Like the antiquated piano(9)
Songs that danced on my lips(6)
Forsaken(3)

Prompted at : Poefusion

Note: This is a triquain of the barest form. With the syllable structure as 3-6-9-12-9-6-3. It makes one set. We can have more than one stanza and extend it from that.

Promises

2008-10-28T14:33:00.000-07:00

Deep into the forest
Lies a living dream
Those words that you carved,
A testament of love
Awaits,
A touch of fate,
Or may be,
An autumn leaf
To bring color to its morose life
The cold stone
Lingers on till eternity
Like those broken promises

A prompt by poefusion .. but not really satisfied by it

The nest

2008-10-28T13:50:00.001-07:00

If I could turn back,
And change the world we conceived,
Knowing what awaits,
This quaint nest of innocence
I wouldn't change any thing

Carve me

2008-10-23T00:24:00.000-07:00

Mold me oh artisan,
Into your dreams
Let your fiery imagination
Color my very being
Beautify me ,
Carve me out
Gently chip away,
All my defenses
I await,
Your piquant touch

Prompted at :

Dream

2008-10-21T23:29:00.000-07:00

Dream deeper than sea,
For every dream holds key,
Of door to success!

Inspired by Pretty Prats Haiku on the same subject

I shall let the wind

2008-10-21T20:55:00.000-07:00

I stand today,
At the beginning of an end.
Of misery and tears!
And my thoughts,
Reach for the sky
like the twirling autumn leaves,
Swaying through the forest of my dreams.

Willing my heart,
not to lose hope, to yet believe,
I shall let the wind carry them,
Across the seven seas,
Dancing to glory,
whispering,
Onto your lonesome world.

Then I shall call upon the snow,
To gently lull you,
Into a deep restive sleep.
Whence, I shall color your dreams
With my feelings, my desires
Until you tremble with..
The very essence of me.

And then I shall let you ,
Yearn for what was..
and yet never was
And hope for what could be..
I would let you miss me
Like I miss you,
With every breath!

Through the forlorn winter
With the first sprout of spring
I shall await your return,
To color our future,
With rainbow-ed moments
I shall let the wind,
Make my dreams fly..

Prompted here:

N for Nostalgia

2008-10-21T16:59:00.000-07:00

Endless,
Nights of conversations .......

Countless,
Hugs of affirmation.....

Coiled into,
Few faded pictures ....

Ah nostalgia! A psychedelic memorabilia!

Prompted at :

Conclusion

2008-10-16T16:39:00.000-07:00

An unseen door
slightly open,
Like an inviting snare,
Captivating,
Impulsive and unaware,
I trudge towards the unknown,
An epitasis.

A bird of blue-green plume,
Hums an unknown tune,
Bewitching,
Peeking through the hole,
I disappear,
Lost forever in an illusion,
A foregone conclusion

Prompted here:

Twitter- Haiku

2008-10-16T15:57:00.000-07:00

Like birds on the tree
Twitter happenings of life,
We titter- All day;

Prompted at :

A day of mine

2008-10-16T09:50:00.000-07:00

Ah Vinay had tagged me to write a poem about a day that would define me a long time back. Somehow, I never did the tag for so long.. coz well I was going through an uninspired phase. I am still no out of it.. but I am happy with my attempt here...

I chose a rainy day coz.. I feel it defines me completely.. The moodiness of it.. the color.. the moisture.. umm sometimes Its warm.. and at others It leaves you cold.. A rainy day always has drama.. So do i.. in everything I do.. effusive.... effervescent.. and a tad gloomy :)

When might meets might,
In restrained delight,
Unaware of the consequences,
Sky , alit with wonder..

Adrift thoughts takes shape,
They flow with the drops,
On the window pane
Ah a tempest of auguries,

Dance of innocence,
Songs of light,
Whispered secrets
Thrum in unbridled passion

Trees tremble,
Clouds rumble
Thousand colors profuse,
Mingle and diffuse,

A day, when sun doesn't set,
When moon doesn't heed,
The star's clarion call
A day for me indeed!

Flowers of the night

2008-10-11T01:09:00.000-07:00

Flowers of the night,
Don't bloom in the day, bereft;
I await all day!

Spring

2008-09-30T18:31:00.000-07:00

Me

2008-09-27T19:18:00.000-07:00

Looking through the inner me,
A distorted vision I find
Memories golden, rose tinted sea
colors of various intensity,
Images flit through my fickle mind.

With words, pauses and random rhymes;
I paint them in various hues,
Wayward thoughts, rants and dreams.
A poetess? A writer? Confusion reigns!
Everyday I am born anew :-)

P.S: I had this in my profile for long.. as "about me" on this blogger.. just updated it into a verse :)